COMMENT | Fascinated with Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar’s Bangsa Johor, I would like to ask His Majesty how I can become a Johorean, apart from having to live in Johor.

The reason is that it is obvious that the Johor royal family cares for its subjects, irrespective of race, religion or political affiliations.

I was born in Pahang, registered in Negeri Sembilan and raised for the most part of my life in Kuala Lumpur, but for the past 20 years, I have been living in Selangor. So why Bangsa Johor?

That’s because - except for one occasion where Peka president Sharifah Sabrina Syed Akil was arrested for some reasons unknown to us - based on media reports that I have read, I find Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Ibrahim has been speaking just the right things that we can expect from a good ruler.

I have also received from several sources a message that has been circulating purportedly coming from the Johor Permaisuri Raja Zarith Sofia Sultan Idris Shah talking about the need to respect all faiths.

This, together with the sultan’s reprimand against the Muslims-only laundrette, prompted me to ask on several occasions, “Tuanku, how can I be become a member of Bangsa Johor? Knowing that I am not born in Johor, how can I be transplanted there, although I am currently residing in Selangor...